Dr. David Howes

Biography

David Howes is a Canadian anthropologist and legal scholar, serving as a Full Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology and Co-Director of the Centre for Sensory Studies at Concordia University. He is also an Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Law at McGill University. Howes is recognized as a pioneer in the anthropology of the senses and is a leading theorist in the interdisciplinary field of sensory studies. He has authored, co-authored, or edited 16 books, including seminal works such as 'Varieties of Sensory Experience' and 'Sensorium', and has published numerous articles on medical and legal anthropology, consumer society, museology, cross-cultural aesthetics, and various legal studies. Howes co-founded the journal Senses & Society and served as a general editor for the Sensory Formations book series. His extensive field research projects have taken him to Papua New Guinea, Northwestern Argentina, and the Southwestern United States. He holds a DLitt from Oxford University and has received several honors, including being made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and appointed as Distinguished Research Professor at Concordia University. His research interests encompass Sensory Anthropology, Medical Anthropology, Legal Anthropology, Constitutional Studies, and the intersections of Popular Culture and Aesthetics.

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